Friday's Five

Didn't get to write that post on toys and collectibles, but it's coming, I promise, as well as some Smallville talk, since the show made it's very anti-climactic return last night. For now though,

Five Favorite TV Shows Based on Comic Strips

Yeah, it's not a big list, so narrowing down to "Five Favorite" isn't a huge chore, but it's bigger than you'd think once you start looking at them all.

5. Garfield and Friends

I remember this show being one of my favorites as a kid, and when the DVDs hit I picked them up and was surprised how well they held up. The humor is mostly juvenile, but with Garfield that's what you get.

4. Dilbert

This is a show I loved based on a strip I never understood.

3. The Boondocks

The amazing thing about this show was how it was able to step outside the strip and establish its own identity. The strip took on culture, the show took down culture.

2. The Peanuts

Better than any other show ever adapted from...anything, this one captures the source material. These characters very much stepped off the page and onto the screen. And they're perfect.

1. The Addams Family

I did say it was a favorite list, and this one is my favorite. The show was so far ahead of its time (they were the first family to have a computer on TV) that I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did. It's hilarious, and I'm ashamed it took me so long to find out how wonderfult it was.

Friday's Five

Almost missed it...


Five Comics I wish were TV Shows

5. Aztek, the Ultimate Man

You know this would be awesome, admit it. Done in the Dini/Timm animated style of course, no live action.

4. Y, the Last Man

It's truthfully the only way to go with this, screw a movie, and forget Shia. Drop it on Showtime or HBO, or even better, FX. You'd just have to edit the cursing a bit. And the boobs.

3. Deadpool

Another animated program, get Nolan North back to do the voice and violence it up. He stole the show in Hulk vs.

2. Castle Waiting

Okay, so I'm stuck in "animated" mode, but this really wouldn't work any other way. It would be like the Princess Bride, only better and weekly.

1. Preacher

The greatest comic book of all time? Gets my vote. I'd like to see a very literal adaptation of this (and Y the Last Man) taking each issue and making it an episode. Cast unknowns (basically) and air it on HBO.

Okay, time for Dollhouse!

Friday's Five

I'm hoping to make this a weekly thing, every Friday I'll do a list of five things related to comics and media. Apologies to Tom Spugeon whom I blatantly stole the idea from. This week we're going to go the simple route-


The Five Greatest Superhero Movies of All Time

5. Iron Man

This is the movie that made it fun to be a comic book fan again. For me any way. Downey's performance is spot on, and the film is action-packed and hysterical from beginning to end. I think it stands pretty much in a category by itself. The only downer was the fight at the end, but it's so short you barely even care that Chaplin just beat the crap out of The Dude.

4. Unbreakable

Hah, bet yo didn't expect to see this one. M. Night's take on Superman was both creepy and inspiring, and is easily the best origin story ever put to film. There's been talk since this movie came out about a sequel, but I've always hoped it never came to fruition. I like not knowing where the story goes from here.

3. Spider-Man 2

The first and third entries of this franchise pale when compared to this masterpiece. With this film it seems everyone had settled into their roles, gone were some of the goofier aspects of the first film, no origin was needed so there was more story time and we actually got a believable, tragic villain. Raimi was on fire with this film, I just wish I knew who doused the flame and killed the franchise.

2. X2: X-Men United

Despite the idiotic name, this movie gave every comic book geek what they'd been salivating for for decades, a great X-Men story. By stitching together bits and pieces of some of the best X-stories comics had to offer, Singer and company delivered a morality tale disguised as an action film. Solid performances from the entire cast (even Halle Berry) and one of the most intense endings I believe I've ever seen. Seriously, I thought Cyclops was gonna start kissing Wolverine.

1. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Sure, The Dark Knight is fantastic, maybe even the best movie of the last few years, but really it was Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart that made the film what it was (well, and the rest of the supporting cast). To see a true Batman film, this is the one you need to watch. It's got everything that makes a good Batman story: Mystery, love ( a good love story too, nothing as contrived as what every other Batman film has tried to shove down our throats), tragedy, comedy (a la the greates Joker, Mark Hamill), it still pulls me in every time I watch it, and every time I hope that things turn out different for old Bats, but alas, they never do.

Agree, disagree, got your own list? Post away in the comments and lets discuss!